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Instagram … Two years ago we invested $250,000 in Instagram. Thanks to the spectacular vision and effort of Kevin Systrom and the Instagram team, the investment will be worth $78,000,000 when the Faceboook acquisition closes. The work that Kevin and team did will go down as legend in the industry and we thank them immensely.

The Flight From Conversation — WE live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. — At home, families sit together, texting and reading e-mail. At work executives text during board meetings.

Intel's Ivy Bridge chips launch using ‘3D transistors’ — Intel's new Ivy Bridge processors use a new tri-gate transistor technology to boost processing power while reducing the amount of energy needed — Intel is launching its Ivy Bridge family of processors - the first to feature what it describes as a “3D transistor”.

Nokia: Three Big Problems — Nokia's results for Q1 2012 are in: They're not good. (See the earnings release here, Management's Conference Call presentation here.) — Compared to the same quarter last year, Nokia overall revenue is down 29%, to $9.7B. And the company is now losing money, $1.8B, 18.5% of revenue.

NimbleTV Aims to Stream TV on Devices — In a move that could hasten the slow pace of so-called TV Everywhere, a technology start-up is introducing a way to move a whole subscription's worth of TV onto the Web, with or without the subscription company's permission.

How to cope with the Gmail redesign — Reports are coming in from around the Internet that the Gmail redesign, which we were previously able to stave off with “revert to the old look temporarily”, is now forcing itself upon us. I too have succumbed to the new design, and have been forced to find ways to cope.